AP Biology
Unit III Week by Week
Revised March 19, 2010
From 3/10 through 5/5 (8 weeks) there will be a mandatory period J review session for the AP exam on Wednesdays. Each week, students will complete a practice AP exam, which will be corrected and discussed at the review session.
Area
Chapter in Text
Assessment
AP labs
Targeted completion date
B. Structure and function of plants and animals
39. Respiration
40. Digestion and Human Nutrition
Take home test Practice exams AP style essays
Lab 12: Dissolved Oxygen
3/22
41. Maintaining the Internal Environment
Supplemental: Dissections—specimens of 7 phyla
3/26
42. Animal Reproductive Systems
43. Animal Development
NOVA movie
Supplemental: Dissection of pregnant sheep uterus
4/3
Field Trip to Mystic Aquarium
Interactive veterinary medical diagnostic class
Tues, 4/6
C. Diversity of organisms
19. Organizing Information about Species
20. Life’s Origin and Early Evolution
Review 12 required AP labs, objectives, and experimental design
Unit III. Subtotal: 50% of class time
28 chapters
5 tests
12 essays
5 labs and write ups
4/30/10
Review
5/7/10
AP EXAM
Monday, 5/10/10
8 AM
Landscaping project
Movie: Gattaca The uses of genetic engineering in a future dystopia
Supplemental labs as time allows through end of year. Possibilities include:
Dissection of sheep brain
Further experimentation with fruit fly mutations
5/14
Book report on science-themed work. Possibilities include: Never Let Me Go—Kazuo Ishiguro Brave New World—Aldous Huxley Survival of the Prettiest—Nancy Etcoff Silent Spring—Rachel Carson On Human Nature—E.O. Wilson Pink Brain, Blue Brain—Lisa Eliot Reading in the Brain—Stanislaus Dehaene The Survivor’s Club—Ben Sherwood Living Weapons—Gregory Koblentz Breeding Bio Insecurity—Klotz and Sylvester The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks—Rebecca Skloot The New Foundations of Evolution—Jan Sapp The Language of Life—Francis Collins Guns, Germs, and Steel—Jared Diamond The Seven Daughters of Eve—Brian Sykes
The Selfish Gene—Richard Dawkins Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA—Brenda Maddox Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal—Eric Schlosser Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet--Bill McKibben The Andromeda Strain--Michael Crichton Congo--Michael Crichton State of Fear--Michael Crichton Next--Michael Crichton Omnivore's Dilemma--Michael Pollan Animal, Vegetable, Miracle--Barbara Kingsolver Through a Window, In the Shadow of Man—Jane Goodall The Panda's Thumb—Stephen Jay Gould Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives-David Sloan Wilson More options can be found at**http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/features/28371.html**
5/21
Movie: Food, Inc. Environmental and health impacts of large scale industrial farming
In cooperation with Catskill Mountain Foundation, research and make a meal with organic/local food
5/28
Movie: Earth
6/4
Final Exam
(Finals 6/10-6/11)
6/11
6/15-6/25 Regents
Unit III Week by Week
Area
Chapter in Text
Assessment
AP labs
Targeted completion date
B. Molecular genetics (con’t)
16. Studying and manipulating genomes
6B. Gel electrophoresis
7. Drosophila genetics (ongoing over 4 weeks)
11. Animal Behavior part B (Drosophila behavior)
1/5/10
C. Evolutionary biology (11 days)
17. Evidence of Evolution
18. Processes of Evolution
Unit exam and weekly essays
8. Population genetics and evolution--
Genetic papers and Teddy Grahams
1/13/10
Unit II. Subtotal: 25% of class time
9 chapters
3 tests 6 essays
4 labs and write ups
1/13/10
A. Ecology
45. Population ecology
Labs above continued
1/15/10
46. Community Structure and Biodiversity
47. Ecosystems
Wolf and rabbit online simulation
1/22/10
49. Human Impact on the Biosphere
48. The Biosphere
1 test 3 essays
1/29/10
B. Structure and function of plants and animals
30. Plant Reproduction
31. Plant Development
Quiz ch. 30 & 31
12. Dissolved oxygen
Movie: "Botany of Desire"
2/5
32. Animal Tissues and Organ Systems
33. Neural Control
34. Sensory Perception
2/12
35. Endocrine Control
36. Structural Support and Movement
2/26
37. Circulation
38. Immunity
10. Physiology of the circulatory system
3/5
39. Respiration
40. Digestion and Human Nutrition
Supplemental labs as time allows. Possibilities include:
Supp: Plant dissections
Supp: Dissections—specimens of 10 phylla
Supp: Dissection of sheep brain
Supp: Dissection of pregnant cow uterus
3/12
41. Maintaining the Internal Environment
3/18
42. Animal Reproductive Systems
43. Animal Development
3 tests and weekly essays
NOVA movie
3/26
C. Diversity of organisms
19. Organizing Information about Species
20. Life’s Origin and Early Evolution
Supplemental labs as time allows through end of year. Possibilities include:
Supp: Plant dissections
Supp: Dissections—specimens of 10 phylla
Supp: Dissection of sheep brain
Supp: Dissection of pregnant cow uterus
5/14
Book report on one of following: Never Let Me Go—Kazuo Ishiguro Brave New World—Aldous Huxley Survival of the Prettiest—Nancy Etcoff Silent Spring—Rachel Carson On Human Nature—E.O. Wilson
Unit III Week by Week
Revised March 19, 2010
Each week, students will complete a practice AP exam, which will be corrected and discussed at the review session.
40. Digestion and Human Nutrition
Practice exams
AP style essays
Supplemental: Dissections—specimens of 7 phyla
43. Animal Development
Supplemental: Dissection of pregnant sheep uterus
20. Life’s Origin and Early Evolution
Study and sketch tissue samples
24. Fungi
26. Animal Evolution—Chordates
Practice exams
AP style essays
Topics to include:
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Plant structure
Hardy-Weinberg equation
Dihybrid crosses
12 essays
8 AM
Movie: Gattaca
The uses of genetic engineering in a future dystopia
Dissection of sheep brain
Further experimentation with fruit fly mutations
Possibilities include:
Never Let Me Go—Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World—Aldous Huxley
Survival of the Prettiest—Nancy Etcoff
Silent Spring—Rachel Carson
On Human Nature—E.O. Wilson
Pink Brain, Blue Brain—Lisa Eliot
Reading in the Brain—Stanislaus Dehaene
The Survivor’s Club—Ben Sherwood
Living Weapons—Gregory Koblentz
Breeding Bio Insecurity—Klotz and Sylvester
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks—Rebecca Skloot
The New Foundations of Evolution—Jan Sapp
The Language of Life—Francis Collins
Guns, Germs, and Steel—Jared Diamond
The Seven Daughters of Eve—Brian Sykes
The Selfish Gene—Richard Dawkins
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA—Brenda Maddox
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal—Eric Schlosser
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet--Bill McKibben
The Andromeda Strain--Michael Crichton
Congo--Michael Crichton
State of Fear--Michael Crichton
Next--Michael Crichton
Omnivore's Dilemma--Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle--Barbara Kingsolver
Through a Window, In the Shadow of Man—Jane Goodall
The Panda's Thumb—Stephen Jay Gould
Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives-David Sloan Wilson
More options can be found at **http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/features/28371.html**
Environmental and health impacts of large scale industrial farming
Unit III Week by Week
7. Drosophila genetics (ongoing over 4 weeks)
11. Animal Behavior part B (Drosophila behavior)
17. Evidence of Evolution
18. Processes of Evolution
Unit exam and weekly essays
Genetic papers and Teddy Grahams
6 essays
47. Ecosystems
48. The Biosphere
3 essays
31. Plant Development
Movie: "Botany of Desire"
33. Neural Control
34. Sensory Perception
36. Structural Support and Movement
38. Immunity
40. Digestion and Human Nutrition
Supp: Plant dissections
Supp: Dissections—specimens of 10 phylla
Supp: Dissection of sheep brain
Supp: Dissection of pregnant cow uterus
43. Animal Development
20. Life’s Origin and Early Evolution
24. Fungi
26. Animal Evolution—Chordates
12 essays
8 AM
Movie: Gattaca
Supp: Plant dissections
Supp: Dissections—specimens of 10 phylla
Supp: Dissection of sheep brain
Supp: Dissection of pregnant cow uterus
Never Let Me Go—Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World—Aldous Huxley
Survival of the Prettiest—Nancy Etcoff
Silent Spring—Rachel Carson
On Human Nature—E.O. Wilson